Rubbish, the NRL is the strongest it's ever been.

Is it balls. You obviously haven't watched it over years.

When precisely were the halcyon glory days of the NRL that I missed?

'99 Bulls team got 51 points albeit over 30 games. One of the most ruthless sides I've seen in SL but they got knocked out of the CC in the semi final and got beaten in the GF... scary for Cas fans

Dont know what you have been watching, since they reduced the interchanges in the NRL there has been a lot more ball movement and I think the actually quality of the games is as good as I have seen.

I think the NRL has kept its standards. Ways of playing have changed, it hasn't got better, it hasn't got worse (well, it has got a bit worse as a spectacle because they can't shoulder charge or scrap any more, but that's nothing to do with quality of actual play). That's the NRL in general, but Melbourne this year are the best RL club side I've ever seen.

The Melbourne V Brisbane game this morning was pretty poor, some absolute howlers with the commentators trying to convince the audience it was still a quality game.

Get Craig Bellamy a microphone...... and a bleep machine.

Leeds 2004 by plenty, don't think there waseven a debate myself, but know doubt now. This cas side will be remembered about as much as the Huddersfield side which topped the League, maybe slightly More as they did actually get to Old Trafford.

Zak hardaker?

I recon they will go down as one of the best teams to not win it, along with us in 05 and Saints in 08